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Finding Francis

When she was six years old, Cristina’s childhood friend, Francis, had a birthday party.   She was the only one who showed up.  Over twenty years later, she sets out to find him and discover why no one else ever came and why, after that party, she never saw him again.  What secrets about Francis did she hope to uncover?  What secrets of her own did she bring to light?    

From New York to Philadelphia to New York again, Finding Francis is a hilarious journey that takes the reader into the twenty-something dating scene, the life of a nanny and the living room of an old Cuban grandmother. The search for Francis takes you into the mind of a young writer struggling to find herself as she sets out to find a childhood friend.

Finding Francis is a memoir about writing a memoir. A story that asks: Why do we yearn to find those we have lost contact with? Why do we insist on raising the dead? As individuals? As a society? What do we hope to find in the past that is lacking in our present?

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To learn more about Finding Francis, visit the Author House website.  Finding Francis is also available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. 

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Not sure you want to buy Finding Francis?  Read an excerpt at Rose and Thorn Magazine. 

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